7.1
Table Of Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation
- Event Topics Provided with vRealize Automation
- Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology
- Blockable and Replyable Event Topics
- Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions
- Workflow Subscription Settings
- Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows
- Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions
- Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
- Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events
- Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
- Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
- Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist
- Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer
- Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Workflows and Distributed Execution Management
- CloudUtil Command Reference
- vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference
Before you use the ExecuteSshScript activity, you must first load the script that you want to execute
into the Model Manager using the CloudUtil File-Import command.
Table 8‑15. ExecuteSshScript Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
ScriptName String Name in the Model Manager of the script to execute.
Host String Server name against which to execute the script.
Username String Username to use in connecting to the host.
Password String Password to use in connecting to the host.
ScriptVersion Object (Optional) Version in the Model Manager of the script to execute.
Default is 0.0.
Timeout TimeSpan (Optional) Period of time after which execution of the script times
out. Default is 30 minutes.
Table 8‑16. ExecuteSshScript Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
EnvironmentVariables Dictionary<string, string> Script execution result if any.
GetMachineName
Gets a machine’s name.
Table 8‑17. GetMachineName Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid The machine whose name to retrieve.
Table 8‑18. GetMachineName Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineName String Name of the machine identifed by MachineId.
GetMachineOwner
Gets the username of a machine’s owner.
Table 8‑19. GetMachineOwner Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
MachineId Guid The machine whose owner to retrieve.
Table 8‑20. GetMachineOwner Activity Output Parameters
Argument Type Description
Owner String Owner of the machine identified by MachineId, or null if there is
no owner.
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